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Sahebrao, Nagpur tiger, to get artificial limb in world's first surgery of its kind

The team consists of orthopaedic surgeon Shushrut Babhulkar, veterinary doctor Shirish Upadhyay, medical personnel from Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University’s (MAFSU) Wildlife Research & Training Centre (WRTC), experts from IIT-Bombay and Dr Peter Giannoudis from  University of Leeds.

 

The officials of Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) will be present at the centre during the surgery.

Sahebrao will be the first tiger in the world to get an artificial limb. Earlier, it has been done for dogs and elephants.

By amfnews

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